A tragedy has fallen on the town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in Guyana. A two-year-old child broke into the family vehicle while his parents were taking a nap. Despite the rapid intervention of the latter, the little child could not be saved.
All the inhabitants of the Vampires district in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni have been in shock since the announcement of this tragedy which fell on this town in Guyana. This Sunday, August 6, 2023, a two-year-old child died locked in a vehicle, as revealed by our colleagues from FranceInfo. An accident domestic with a fatal outcome that recalls the threat that the closed passenger compartment of a vehicle represents for the little ones, and this, especially during a period of high heat.
According to information from our colleagues, the little child would have taken advantage of a moment of inattention from the parents, when the latter were taking a nap, to escape from the family home and get into his parents’ car. When she woke up from a nap, about an hour after the fact, the mother worried that she would not find her baby in the house. She then approached the family vehicle, where she discovered with horror her lifeless little boy.
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A repeating drama
The parents immediately transported the child to the Center Hospitalier de l’Ouest Guyanais, which is near the house where the recent events took place. Unfortunately, it was already too late: the two-year-old boy was declared deceased. This is not the first time that such a tragedy has befallen this town located on the north coast of Guyana. Still according to information from our local colleagues, a similar accident occurred last March in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
An adult who had been assigned the task of bringing a three-year-old child to school eventually forgot the little boy in the vehicle and drove to work. When he realized this, the child was already in a state of asphyxiation. The rapid intervention of the emergency services made it possible to transfer the child urgently to the Center Hospitalier de l’Ouest Guyanais (CHOG), before being transferred in serious condition to Cayenne and then to Martinique. Unfortunately, he could not be saved.
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Two tragic examples which once again underline the extent to which confined spaces such as the passenger compartment of a vehicle can be dangerous for the little ones. A risk all the more increased during a period marked by episodes of high heat. Still according to our colleagues, an investigation has been opened to clarify the circumstances in which this little child died on August 6th.
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